Vytenis Čižauskas (born September 16, 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the

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position.

Career

From an early age, Čižauskas played for the Žalgiris youth team. In his second season, he led the team in points and assists; as a consequence, he was promoted to Kaunas Triobet of

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. In March 2009, he was moved to Žalgiris' main roster; however, the young point guard saw limited playing time in the LKL. After leaving Žalgiris, Čižauskas played for various local Lithuanian team until joining

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on loan from Žalgiris. He averaged a mediocre 2.6 points per game and 0.8 assists per game coming off the bench. In September 2013, he returned to Žalgiris and debuted in the Euroleague tournament. On December 9, 2014 he signed with Latvian team

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. On January 1, 2022, he has signed with

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of the

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International career

He won five gold medals with Lithuania national teams: European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (U-15) and was named

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in 2007, Europe U-16 in 2008, Europe U-18 in 2010, World U-19 in 2011 and Europe U-20 in 2012. He was a candidate for

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, which participated in

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.Kazlauskas invites Čižauskas to the Lithuania national team camp

References

External links

Profile at ACB.com
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